Xander Schauffele’s thrilling breakthrough PGA victory over Bryson DeChambeau portrayed major golf in the best possible light at the end of what had been a troubled week for the championship.
There had been a string of subsequent near misses including coughing up the 54 hole lead at Quail Hollow seven days earlier when he was overwhelmed by Rory McIlroy. That was so Xander - golf’s nearly man - the guy who would please his bank manager but leave his silverware polisher unemployed.“I looked at it as someone that is trying really hard and needs more experience.
“It's just fuel, fuel to my fire. It always has been growing up, and it certainly was leading up to this.”Schauffele was the first to birdie the last to win the PGA since Phil Mickelson in 2005 and the occasion before that was the late Payne Stewart in 1989.DeChambeau departed empty handed but had thrown everything at his tilt. It was some consolation that the 30-year-old LIV star emerged as an even greater fan favourite.
He is a showman and the fans love it. This was a Kentucky sports crowd more than a gathering of exclusively golfing aficionados and they departed thinking better of the game after witnessing the engaging DeChambeau. “You know, when I was younger I didn't understand what it was. Yeah, I would have great celebrations and whatnot, but I didn't know what it meant and what I was doing it necessarily for.”
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